Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-19
TR3dAs PAiNE'S WILL.
5nIntFresttng Document IN ihe Ofhcs OF
The Surrogate az New York.

5nInt'resttng Document IN ,he Omcs OF
the Surrogate Of New York.
HarpeI's weekly.
Tom Paine was seyenty-two years old
when he wrote his VIII. 1t is dated Jan
uary Is, 1902 and he died the 8th Of June
of that year. 1t is remarkable docu-
ment and reads FOR The most par. SIS fol-
llws:
"The last viii and testament OF me, the
subscriber, Thomas Paine. Reposing
confidence in my Creator God, aud in no
other being, for l know OF no other nor
believe in any other, I, Thomas Pane
Of the state OF New York, author of
of the work entitled Common Sense"
written in Philadelphia IL 1870, ana pdO-
lished in that city the beginning Of jar
uary, l776, which awakened America 10 g
declaration OF independence the IN Of
July following, whlcl was as fast as the
work could spread through such 90 ex-
tenslye country; author also Of several
numbers of the american Crisis, 3" thir-
teen il 81, published occasionally dur
ing the progress OF the revolutionary war
the last is On peage; author also of the
Rights CT Man. parts the fest an3
second, written and published
il London in 1871 and 40; author
also of { work On religion, age
u R9asoC,' paris the hcst and
second. Author also Of several other
works not here enumerated Dissarta-
tiCns on First PrinciplesOf Governments
'DacliLe and Kali OF the E3gHsh System
Of Fin9UCe;' fAgraTian Justice, etc,
etc.-make TINS ly Last will aud tesla
ment, that j. to say: | give aud blQaeath
to my executors hereinafter appointed,
WsllGr Morton 9ud TLOm2s Adds L nmet,
thirty shares | h9lj il the NV York
Poo lix Insurance Company, which cos.
me Slt10-lhey Gre worth now upwards
of Slj00-anG 81 ny movable
effects, and elsO the money that
may be il my trunk CT elsewhere a. the
time Of my deceBse, paving there0ut the
expenses Of my iu0arsi. In trus. as 20
the said shares, lOyea0les and money
for Margaret BraZen Bonneville, wife Of
Nicholas Bonneville OF Paris. for her own
sole and separate use and At her OWn dis
posal, notwithstanding her CGYaItuTe
As TO my farm in New Rochelle, l give,
devise and execute the same 20 my said
executors, Walter Morton and Thomas
Adds Emmef, and 10 The survivor Of
them, his neirs aad assigns for-
ever. IN trust, nevertheless, to sell and
dispose ct the north side thereof,
now in the occupation Of Andrew a
| Dean. give - M friend Walter Nor
ton, OF the New York PLw1lX Icsura1ce
Company, and Thomas Adds Enmet.
coUuselor-at-lsW, l2sa OF Ireland, 500
EACH Erd SlC0 to Mre. Palmer widow Of
Emu Pain-r, late Of New York, 10 be
paid Cu5 q the money arising from said
sale, and give the remainder Ct the
money arising from th3s sale, one-haLi
thereof TO Clio Rfchm1D, Of High OK
| Upper NITy Ia Boane street, LONDON, aEd
the other asf to Nicholas Bonneville Of
Paris, husband OF Margaret Is Bonne-
vile, aforesaid. As f. the south pArs Of
the said farm, containing upwards OF 100
| sores, il trust, TO rent out the same or
otherwise put 20 prof,, as sAalI &c found
most Siyis&ble, aud 70 pEy the rents and
profits thereof TO the said Margaret 3
Bonneville, in trust for the children,
Benz anna and Thomas Bonneville, their
educstloH &1d maintenance until they
come 10 the dge OF tNenty-oDe years, in
order that she may bring them well up,